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SCI FI Magazine
February 2004; page 72
TV in Focus: Interview with Bob Orci
Thanks to zeus at Alias-Media.com for the transcript! :)
SPOILERS!
This has been the hardest year the writers have had to put together,
according to executive producer Bob Orci. "I mean, I thought the last years
were hard. This year is really hard. In a way, we know where we're going.
Normally, when you do a puzzle you would come up with a picture first, then
you'd cut it up into little pieces. This year we kind of cut it up in
little pieces first. Even though we do have a plan for the end, getting
there is a hell of a chore. But that's what keeps it interesting for us."
Interesting is an understatement. Sydney's big discovery, that her memories
were somehow surgically removed and may be stored somewhere, will spur the
action in a race to find out what those memories contain.
"Complicated further by the fact that her memory was surgically removed.
And what she discovers is that she was an accomplice in removing her
memories," said Orci. "Literally, she did not want to remember. Now she's
acting against her own will and against the warnings of her father, who
knows that she would never have done that unless there was a very good
reason to do that. So she is potentially doing something that she didn't
want to do."
The triangle of Vaughn, his wife and Sydney will become even more
complicated because the wife will be around for the foreseeable future.
Despite themselves, Vaughn and Sydney will find their attraction
"undeniable, and it's going to become more clear as the episodes go by."
All the other major players will have their moments, as Sloan "is going to
continue and continue to appear to be good to the point where I think it's
going to be a real question," Dixon will get in touch with his darker side,
and we'll discover that Sydney's mom "had some interaction" with Sydney
during the two years she was missing. And then there's Mr. Sark, "who is
really going to be coming into his own this year."
Orci believes the secret of Alias "is that even though it's a spy story
that supposedly deals with the politics of the world, the stories always
end up being very much personal and very much,' How do they affect our
characters?' And with this story, it couldn't be more obvious. She's
looking for herself over her own wishes."
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